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Structural Science Composites Limited : Composite manhole covers demonstrate safety and security properties that cannot be replicated by metal rivals

(30/01/2012)

More and more utilities, local authorities and councils are opting to fit new-generation composite manhole/access covers in the light of irrefutable evidence, resulting from comparative material tests which, in terms of safety and security, prove metal covers are no longer fit-for purpose for use on today’s UK roads and highways. The inherent properties of composite materials make them ideal for the manhole environment and Structural Science Composite (SSC), whose products are generally rega... [more]

Sto: Sto will present its solid wall solution at Ecobuild 2012

(30/01/2012)

Sto will be exhibiting its range of External Wall Insulation Systems at Ecobuild in march. Traditionally focused on high specification new build projects, the technology is also perfectly positioned for use in retrofit projects designed to improve the U-value of solid wall property. All of the Sto EWIS options will provide a minimum U-value of 0.3W/m2K with the flexibility to reduce the U-value further by adjusting the volume of insulation material specified. The proven ability to delive... [more]

Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV: Ballast Nedam obtains contract for Civil Works for Refinery Expansion Project

(24/01/2012)

Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname NV, the state oil company of Suriname, has awarded Ballast Nedam the contract for the general civil- and steel piling works for the Refinery Expansion Project. The purpose of the Refinery Expansion Project is to double the processing capacity at Tout Lui Faut Refinery to 15,000 barrels a day when completed. The contract for Ballast Nedam includes the supply and installation of 373 steel piles, the processing of approximately 28,800 cubic meters of concrete, a... [more]

SITECH Nederland: SITECH Technology Dealer Established in the Netherlands for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors

(24/01/2012)

Trimble recently announced that a SITECH® Technology Dealer has been established in the Netherlands. SITECH Nederland joins the premier network of SITECH dealerships—the first fully dedicated global distribution network offering the most comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available to the heavy and highway contractor. SITECH Technology Dealers represent Trimble® and Caterpillar® machine control systems for the contractor's entire fleet of heavy equipment regardless of ... [more]

Skelair International: New Klemm 708-2 rig delivered by Skelair helps Van Elle 's projects

(20/01/2012)

Supplier of ground engineering and rock drilling equipment, Skelair International recently delivered a new Klemm 708-2 rig – the first to arrive in the UK – to Van Elle, UK’s independent geotechnical, piling, foundation and ground stabilisation contractor. Factory finished in Van Elle’s corporate branding, the Klemm 708-2 was delivered in advance of the Christmas break, enabling the contractor to deploy the new rig ready for planned piling works on the Gateway Project at Birmingham New Stree... [more]

Siltbuster Limited: Siltbuster will present its "Big pHil" at UK Concrete Show

(16/01/2012)

Siltbuster Limited is soon revealing ‘Big pHil’, the latest in its range of Concrete Washout Solutions at the UK Concrete Show at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on 22nd February. A larger and more versatile version of Siltbuster’s groundbreaking RCW (Roadside Concrete Washout) unit, ‘Big pHil’ provides on-site capture, treatment and neutralisation of high pH cement laden washwater runoff from a wide range of concreting plant equipment, including crane skips up to 2,000 litre capacity, concrete pumps ... [more]